| GUILDSWOMAN | • guildswoman n. A female member of a guild. • GUILDSWOMAN n. a female member of a guild, also GILDSWOMAN. |
| GUILDSWOMEN | • guildswomen n. Plural of guildswoman. • GUILDSWOMAN n. a female member of a guild, also GILDSWOMAN. |
| HIGHBROWISM | • highbrowism n. Highbrow attitudes and policies generally. • HIGHBROWISM n. the state of being a highbrow. |
| MEGANEWTONS | • meganewtons n. Plural of meganewton. • MEGANEWTON n. a measure of gravity, a million newtons. |
| MISTHROWING | • misthrowing v. Present participle of misthrow. • MISTHROW v. to throw errantly. |
| MISWORDINGS | • miswordings n. Plural of miswording. • MISWORDING n. a wrong wording. |
| MOWBURNINGS | • MOWBURNING n. the fermenting of hay when housed too green. |
| NEWSMONGERS | • newsmongers n. Plural of newsmonger. • NEWSMONGER n. a person who deals in news; a gossip. |
| OUTSWIMMING | • outswimming v. Present participle of outswim. • OUTSWIM v. to swim faster or further than. |
| SHOWJUMPING | • showjumping n. (Sports, equestrianism) A sporting competition where horses are ridden around a course consisting of… • show␣jumping n. An equestrian event in which a rider’s horse is jumped over an array of obstacles. • SHOWJUMPING n. a competition in which a succession of riders on horseback have to jump a series of obstacles of different kinds. |
| SHOWROOMING | • showrooming v. Present participle of showroom. • showrooming n. Gerund of showroom; inspecting merchandise in a physical store, then purchasing the identical product… • SHOWROOMING n. the practice of looking at an item of merchandise in a shop, often using a smartphone app to compare its price elsewhere, before buying it from an online distributor. |
| SWINGOMETER | • swingometer n. (Britain) A graphic device used to illustrate swing in an election. • SWINGOMETER n. instrument for measuring swing in votes during an election. |
| WHIGGAMORES | • Whiggamores n. Plural of Whiggamore. • WHIGGAMORE n. (Scots) a Whig; a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians. |
| WITGATBOOMS | • WITGATBOOM n. (South African) a South African evergreen tree with edible roots used as a coffee substitute when roasted, also WITGAT. |
| WOMANISINGS | • WOMANISING n. engagement in casual sexual encounters with women, also WOMANIZING. |
| WOMANIZINGS | • WOMANIZING n. engagement in casual sexual encounters with women, also WOMANISING. |
| WORDMONGERS | • wordmongers n. Plural of wordmonger. • WORDMONGER n. a writer or speaker who uses language pretentiously or carelessly. |
| WRANGLESOME | • wranglesome adj. Characterised or marked by wrangling; inclined to wrangle or squabble; quarrelsome. • WRANGLESOME adj. quarrelsome. |